Egg-tester.



W. RIGLIN G.

EGG TESTER. f YAPPLIOATION FILED-s111112. 19'09.

Patented Nov. 16,1909.

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Witnesses: XW/v Inventor u). es

Attorney WILLIAM RIGLING. O'F HAMLTON, OHIO.

EGG-TESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1.6, 1909.

Application filed September 2, 1909. Serial No. 515,847.

T0 alt whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lViLLIAw llioiiixo, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hamilton, Butler county. ()hio. (post-ottico address corner Mctlynn and llanovcr streets, Ha1nilton,Ohio.) have invented cer tain neW and useful l'inproveinenis in Egg Testers, of which the following is a specilication.

The present improvements` in testers: will be readily understood -t'roin the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a front elevation ot niy iinproved egg tester: Fig. 2 a plan ol the saine: and Fig. 2 a vertical section ot' the saine.

ln the drawing:-l, indicates a yerlieal back-piece adapted to be hung or otherwifse secured to a wall or other vertical surl'aee: 2, a shelf projecting horizontally theretroni: 3, supporting brackets connecting the haeltpiecc with the shelf: l, a group ot' alu-it lined perfor-ations through the shell". eaeh perforation being adapted to reeeive and support an egg in upright position: C. a

concave reflector disposed below the shell". with its concave side uppermost, the dialneteriOf the reflector heing such that the rini of the reflector will inelose the entire group of perforations: o, a hook supported at the under SlClO 0f the Shell.l and adapted to ein gage under the outwardly projecting portion of the rim of the relleetor: T. a .spring hook supported under the. shelf and adapted also to engage under the riiu ot the retleetor at the point opposite the hook ti: s au elet tric lamp disposed within the retleetor: one of the eggs supported hy the lshell': lo. a forwardly facing niirror disposed against the back-piece and over the shelt: and ll. a flexible conductor t`or eonyeying the eurrent to the lamp.

In using the device an is plaeed in each perforation of theshell' and is then Viewed vertically. the illumination due tn the lainp and reflector. permitting the ol server t0 judge. of the condition ot. the eggs. It sometimes happens that the yolk of an Vegg is shifted toone, side and lieeolne at l*uch an tached to theJ lining inelnlnaue.

high grade for domestic use7 owing to the fact that when the is hrolten the yolk will not come out freely witlrthe white por tion of the egg, in other words. such an egg represents what may he called a second grade of goodness in eggs. This condition of eggs cannot be satisfactorily determined hy looking endwise through the but requires a sidewise or oblique View. The ohseryer standing in front of the apparatus may get a t'air view of the fronts and sides.

oi'A the eggs. hut not of the backs and it is the mirror thataids in exposing the condi` tion at the rear ot' the eggs. The process of testing may be rather rapid, a comprehensive .sweeping glance at the eggs and at the mirror yielding instant results.

The retlectoi.' is readily detached for purposes of cleaning. and its forni and location are such as to catch anyv foreign matter dropping through the. perforations.

l rlaini Il 1. .\n tester comprising a back piece, a soeltI projecting horizontally -therefrom and provided with a group of fabric-lined egg-receiving perforations, a concave retleetor disposed with its concave side np .ward and helow the shelf and encircling the group of perforations` with its riui. hooks depending from the shelf and adapted lto engage the rim 'of the retlector, and an elecs tric lainp disposed within the concave retlertor, eonihined suhstantially as set forth.

2l, .Xn egg tester comprising a horizontal ineinher provided with a group of fabriclined egg-receiving pertorations, an illuminating device disposed below said perforations, and a vertical mirror disposed above said nieinher at. one side of :said group of perfor-ations. couihined substantially as set forth.

l. An egg tester comprising a hack-piece.

egg may be perfectly sound hutis not of l a shelt' projet-ting horizontally therefrom and provided with a group of fabric-.lined E Within the concave reflector, cmnloinedsubeggreceiving perforatioiis, a concave ref stnntially :is set. forth.

Hector dis'iosed with its concime Side uJ- T ward and lielow the shelf nml eiieil'linlgr tllie l WILLIAM RIGLIBG' group of perforations willi its rim. a forY Witnesses: wardly facing mirror disposed against, said ELSU; MYERS, back-piece, and nn electric lamp lispoed E lju'rm HALE. 

